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"In the meantime, Julliard [head of France's main student association] added, students plan to diversify their protest tactics by stepping up efforts to blockade public transport centers such as airports and train stations."

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CPE : polémique autour de l’évacuation des lycées bloqués

Le front anti-CPE prend date

Montlucon was very quiet yesterday. I went running in the morning and saw that there were people gathered in the main plaza downtown, but when I walked back to get lunch at Pat a Pain, no one was out protesting. Rather, there was quite a line of people wearing anti-CPE stickers in the restaurant.

Only a few trains were running out of our train station and the public buses were absent from the streets. I believe that the post office, electricity and gas companies were closed, but I'm not sure. Several schools (mostly secondary schools and universities) were closed, and some only had a fraction of teachers present. My school was indeed open.

Other than the long line for lunch, however, my day was largely unaffected. According to the news, another strike will occur next Tuesday.